Crooked Cucumber

A mini-farm growing certified organic vegetables

[Crooked Cucumber @CrookedCuke]

My new farm project - in case you were wondering. A new urban farm in Toronto @flemofarm -- check it out!

I now work for @foodshareto

We start growing spring 2021!

Best wishes to all!

#foodjustice https://t.co/othdTybwX7

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The final harvest from CCFG! Green onions grown overwinter in an unheated greenhouse. Donated to #feeditforward
Take care, everybody! Peace out https://t.co/E8xd8UpYP9

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Happy Solstice sunrise https://t.co/JtQVrCXZAR

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Happy Solstice sunrise https://t.co/PwCUSH6bd4

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Teacher gifts. Happy holidays! https://t.co/bJslfChy2Q

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Teacher gifts. Happy holidays! https://t.co/uOynFrMSEj

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Memories of summer, on a day like today ❄️🌨️ https://t.co/s5GGH66UKP

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About 300 pounds of delicious dirty carrots were donated to #feeditforward. And that wraps up the season! https://t.co/IiCz23KQ59

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About 300 pounds of delicious dirty carrots were donated to #feeditforward. And that wraps up the season! https://t.co/i8ovObzc2M

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The last harvest of 2019 was yesterday! Thank you to @liz_and_the_electric_lens for helping me across the finish line. Every November I seem to end up harvesting carrots in the snow. It feels great to be done! Now I just have to figure out how to wash ab… https://t.co/OvSmghRK7u

[Crooked Cucumber @CrookedCuke]

The last harvest of 2019 was yesterday! Thank you to liz_and_the_electric_lens for helping me across the finish line. Every November I seem to end up harvesting carrots in the snow. It feels great to be done! Now I… https://t.co/tI6xucVKuC

[Crooked Cucumber @CrookedCuke]

Sasha wanted to earn some extra cash yesterday to be able to buy a toy, so he harvested some carrots. Before leaving he warmed up in the greenhouse and checked in on the winter greens https://t.co/mSpx8Fwwvj

[Crooked Cucumber @CrookedCuke]

And one of the prettier veggies I grow: a savoy cabbage https://t.co/Y84DQSPqN3

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Just in time for Halloween, one of the weirdest looking veggies I grow: celeriac or celery root https://t.co/MfBXPfDO0j

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My boys complain when I touch their skin. I can't blame them: my hands are too rough at this time of year. In the middle of winter they will be soft again, and next spring I'll blister and gradually toughen through summer and back to fall... https://t.co/GDlEQURF1r

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Another day at the office https://t.co/loSNbiXlZF

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Leek trial results. To be successful (to survive) in my line of work, I need to constantly improve my growing techniques and select for excellent varieties.
On the right-hand side of the picture you see the results of my usual growing technique and my u… https://t.co/NjOm1CTX7I

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Purple haze carrots seem to more prone to funky shapes than the other varieties I grow https://t.co/xT3rZqRQk8

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The greenhouse is still toasty warm on sunny days like today https://t.co/jtKuxdvo0A

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Rather than go to gymnastics camp for his PD day, Sasha wanted to work on the farm. The task he was most excited about was harvesting carrots, which he has done every autumn since he was 2 https://t.co/pOiYsejsTy